PHP Redirect

[Pimpen 2010]

What code should be used to redirect to the last visited page? (Coding is in php)

[Jazzee]

What do you mean by the last visited page? What exactly are you trying to do?

[Pimpen 2010]

Like for a rating system... I want the page after you voted to redirect back to the review you just looked at after about 5-10 seconds. So you press Rate! on a review, it takes you to a confirmation page, then that redirects to the review you were looking at before you rated for it...

[kwvarga]

well just use
<?php Header("Location: http://www.must-have-software.net/ratings.php?id=" . $id); ?>
You must have the id somewhere of where you rated it right?

[imaginemn]

You could use $referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; to store the referring page and then redirect to it.

This can also be done with JavaScript using the history code.

[Pimpen 2010]

.php?id=29

That's how it ends (29 is just an example one)

Which one is easier, Spears way or imaginemn's way? I've see imaginemn's way a lot of places...

[imaginemn]

I personally don't think one is better than the other. Both ways should work about the same way. The only difference I can see is that if you are already calling the $id then that's probably the easier of the two because you don't have to call an additional server resource. The only time this would ever come into play is if you are getting millions a hit a day and your server cannot keep up.

Both are a good way to solve your issue.

imaginemn

[Pimpen 2010]

Thanks. Would I put it exactly how theSpear has it now?

[samer]

HTML:
[code:1:5648d0859e]
<input type="button" value="Back" onclick="history.back()">
[/code:1:5648d0859e]

[Pimpen 2010]

Samer, I need it to redirect back automatically, What you have inserts a button right?

[imaginemn]

Here is the code for my solution.

[code:1:0827f7fc84]<?php
// ----------------------------------------------------
// refresh / redirect to an internal page using Referer
// imaginemn solution
// ----------------------------------------------------

$ref = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
header( 'refresh: 5; url='.$ref);

echo "You will be redirected to $ref in 5 seconds";
?>[/code:1:0827f7fc84]


OR


[code:1:0827f7fc84]<?php
// --------------------------------------------------------------
// refresh / redirect to an internal page using existing variable
// theSpear solution
// --------------------------------------------------------------

header( 'refresh: 5; url=ratings.php?id='.$id);

echo "You will be redirected to ratings.php?id='.$id in 5 seconds";
?>[/code:1:0827f7fc84]

imaginemn

[Pimpen 2010]

The first one looks like it'll do. Thanks imaginemn. Does the $ref mean the referring page?

[samer]

Samer, I need it to redirect back automatically, What you have inserts a button right?

yep, sorry.